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10 Second Ninja X

Four Circle Interactive · Curve Games · 2016-07-19

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 19, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 19, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 19, 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 11, 2025 (iOS)

10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

3
playing now
78%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

10 Second Ninja X is a 2016 puzzle-platform game developed by Four Circle Interactive and published by Curve Games. The game was released in July 2016 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One, and in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 83k–199k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.41 at GreenManGaming (2020-07-16) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 101 of 145 observed days · $9.58 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.07$0.682016-07-192026-08-292016-07-19 — best price $5.992017-05-15 — best price $3.002017-12-18 — best price $2.492018-04-23 — best price $10.072018-08-09 — best price $2.882018-11-22 — best price $1.002019-04-12 — best price $1.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-12-20 — best price $1.992020-03-02 — best price $1.002020-06-07 — best price $9.992020-08-26 — best price $8.892020-10-19 — best price $0.992021-01-13 — best price $9.992021-03-30 — best price $9.992021-06-08 — best price $8.382021-09-12 — best price $7.342021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-03-23 — best price $9.992022-06-21 — best price $0.792022-09-11 — best price $0.842022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-02-28 — best price $8.392023-05-07 — best price $0.892023-07-25 — best price $0.792023-10-14 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $7.892024-10-17 — best price $9.992025-01-23 — best price $0.862025-05-12 — best price $9.992025-08-29 — best price $9.992025-12-06 — best price $9.992026-03-06 — best price $9.992026-06-05 — best price $0.712026-08-21 — best price $1.002026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2432026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 22 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
21.2%
earned "SO CLOSE"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsSave AnytimeSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)7,2877%12
Steam (Steam)4,33118%12
Xbox One (Xbox)1,7444%12
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieNinjaActionArcadeCasualPuzzleDifficultFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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